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Tag: HolyWeek

  • Holy Saturday: The Gospel according to Monty Python

    Holy Saturday: The Gospel according to Monty Python

    In which I see a link between Monty Python’s “dead parrot” sketch and Holy Saturday. (That’s today: Easter Saturday is next week)

  • The Liturgy of Embarrassment: A Homily for Maundy Thursday

    The Liturgy of Embarrassment: A Homily for Maundy Thursday

    Kim Fabricius: ” when Jesus washes his followers’ feet, he is not just giving an illustration of humility. Peter and the others could have lived with that. No, here is a sign and anticipation of that ultimate subversion of all human power and authority which will take place the next day when Jesus is crucified…

  • Holy Week: Maundy Thursday — In the Garden

    Holy Week: Maundy Thursday — In the Garden

    A meditation I wrote some years ago… It is a beautiful place, this garden. A place of peace and plenty. We have been here many times, finding cool shade from the sun and solitude from the crowds. Even at night, this place among the olive trees offers a sense of security, a velvet shelter that…

  • Holy Week – Wednesday: The Widow’s Mite

    Holy Week – Wednesday: The Widow’s Mite

    The widow of this story has generally been held up as a model of sacrificial, costly faith. But is that the best interpretation of this event?

  • Holy Week: Tuesday

    Holy Week: Tuesday

    Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance…

  • Holy Week – Monday: ‘the cleansing of the Temple’

    Holy Week – Monday: ‘the cleansing of the Temple’

    On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. (Mark 11:15-16 )